Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-29
DOWN BY THE SEA.
THH FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR..
BLACKWELL,
Impress i've Services A Happy Death
Red-Hev Observation-Disclosures
sonal Notes and Briefs.
tcorespcndencc Of the Richmond Dispsich.l

tCorrcspcndencc Of the Richmond Dispstch.l
NORFOLK, June 2S, 1887.
The funeral Of the late Rev. DIR. BLACK
well took place to-day at O'Clock from
Monumental Methodist Episcopal church,
in Portsmouth, and the spacious build.
ing WAS donstly crowded and hun.
dleGs 81 persons were unable 10 gain
Abundance. The ministers Of nearly
all denominations Of the two cities at
tended, and in a body headed The
procession from the parsonage 10
The church. while the whole official
body OF Monumental church acted
~ plll.boarcrs. The whole interior OF the
building was draped IN deep mourning,
and all the children OF the large sabbath
school occupied the galleries. The occs-
sion was deeply Impressive. Bishop John
{. Granbtry conducted the solemn services.
and without any special sermon fitting and
eloquent oulogieS wee pronounced Oy
the Bishop and several OF the Clergy
who were most intimately and per-
.onally connected with toe deceased;
Among those present from abroad
were Rev. =. :. Lambeth, Rev. Il. Y. Slcdd.
II, H., Rev. j. {. Martin, Rev, j. Powell
Garland, presiding elder of the Richmond
district, and Presiding Elder Joseph n.
Proctor. OF he Eastern shore.
Rev. Father O'kecic, Of II. Mary'S Cath.
ohc church. with whom pr. Blackwell bad
his famous controversy abew the scrip
tnros several years ago, occupied seat IN
the ChauCCl.
Al the close a the services the remains
were removed 10 the WASHINGTON steamer,
followed by an imposing procession ot the
people q the ci,y. Bc,icC> The members NJ
the family a committee oi Church'>teNar0S
ACCOMPANIED the remains 10 FauQuier
county.
Tho>e VINO were at the bedside OF pr
Blackwell on SUNDAY morning, when ne
died, say that when dissolution was very
near he had vision, the Ell, ct of when
upon the dying man Is said 10 have been
mhhmf. HIS face lighted up ioviu,ly. n
u he was in the realization Of some sNe''
consciousness. and, raising himself SLIGHTLY
lie lOol ed in q ScTtJin direction and said:
"Thcrc they ere, over tlRrc. CA Ihete
thew are" His wife vent to him quickly
and asked who il WIS that he saw, bhi
without speaking again he >ank back on his
Iilow and tICalLcd BIZ soul o,EI) 'he Goa
who gave il.
This morning the new and elegant Gty.
Lire steamer arrived here on her Il. -"
regular ui1. Sic came in promptly on
tire snd brought a full complement OF
passonecr and freight.
Rev. Er. \. +. Dickinson ana vile are
stopping at NT.inia Beach.
Medical Director Dtl1vsn Hl'odcood,
who h9s been in charge OF the Naval Hos
)ital here for the last three years, ha' been
detached and ordered to the Medical
Laboratory At New York.
Yesterday TIE Atlantic and nln'ille
Railroad Company purchased thirteen
acres q Ind for $500 within six hundred
wards Of the city limits 81 Portsmouth for
lie estalli,hTont Il m1chine-slops,
1ourd.bou,s5. etc.
Peer Hi lcoloIcd) was severely crushed
Yesterday while coupling ears on 'n' I''A'
i,e,Lc. Norfolk and Carolina railroad.
CEREAL MahCre ba> roiiu'd Toe R'p'D
liens q Norfolk count! that The removal
al the courthouse is not party question:
and hat tbty can Vote rs they please.
Tie new Baptist church i about CON
rl,tcd IN Bdklcy. AMI i one OF the hce''
churches in the place. 1880.
To.day Governor !. Proctor hno.1 81
Kentucky, came up from Nlr2lnh b''Cl'
and was ialCn In charge by Captain W.
p Novo. collector Il the port. and super
yisirg.I >prctor Marshall Parks ana 'ar-
rjod 10 tie rayv.yard and other points in
the larhor. at ug having been placed az iheir
di>po.al. Governor Knott WIS received at
the vafd by Governors salute from the
rcceivins.>hip Franklin, and was hnnt-
scnfcv entertained by NE cOmm2ndant.
Wiley y. CokCr,a prominent citizen OF
GarysGu1c y. c., and well known here,
died suddenly 1t his home last eund1y.
H. was ~ only few moments.
Edward Trri.hi, q >hip.cirpentor OF
this city, was drowned in Baltimore ye>t,r-
DAY. W.